Kevin Clash

Reuters

Voice actor Kevin Clash arrives with the puppet Elmo for the 2010 Peabody Award ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Clash is the puppeteer who controlled the iconic "Sesame Street" character Elmo.

Voice actor Kevin Clash arrives with the puppet Elmo for the 2010 Peabody Award ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Clash is the puppeteer who controlled the iconic "Sesame Street" character Elmo. (Reuters)

Voice actor Kevin Clash arrives with the puppet Elmo for the 2010 Peabody Award ceremony at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Clash is the puppeteer who controlled the iconic "Sesame Street" character Elmo.